benefits and working

andyandflo

Well the easiest and best way out of this is to ignore what they are doing or not doing. Get on with your own life - there are 1,000's of people out there using/manipulating the sytem one way or another. If they get away with it - good luck to them - if not well, they deserve what they get. Concentrate on your own family life - I do notwithstanding that over a half of my extended family are fidling the system somewhere along the line. Maybe doing cash work and not paying tax, maybe increasing their expenses from their employer, mabe claiming compensation for an exagerated fall or accident!! I have one family member that has run a mobile hairdessing business for over 5 years earning net £500+ pw. Not paid any tax, indeed, HMRC don't even know about it. yet she and her BF claim Tax Credits based on his income of £14,000pa. They live in a £450,000 property, on mortgage obtained on strength that she is a highly paid PA in her brother's business (he is a self employed electrician and has never employed her) They run a Mercedes 4x4 and a new BMW!!!
Just give up worrying about others and sleep peacefully with your life being honest.

Bryando

I've had visits from a 'compliance officer'. One, I let a neighbour stay as was thrown out. Only three nights. Complicance guy was fine and basically shook his head. 2. Somebody reported me as I go for walks myself. So though I was frauding DLA, again nothing wrong with that.

Even if I was to do something illegal, in Scotland I can refuse to answer questions. Nothing unlike England can be taken from that. Therefore the State here in Scotland have to prove the lot!

I have got very uptight re DLA. A few people on here aware of this. However complicance officer says he will not come back to me as fully understands what the score is with me.

Folk annoyed or for what ever reason report people and this impacts on people like me whom are gen.

Killmark

The things that people have and the life styles they lead are irrelevant.

The only thing that matters is are they recieving what they are entitled to and not defrauding the system.

i.e notifying of relevant changes, such as recovering from a period of sickness.

Everyone should do whats right (i.e report fraud) rather than whats easy and stick their head in the sand.

When someone commits benefit fraud they are not just taking money from the government, they are taking YOUR tax money.

divastrop

He can't have been on the sick very long if he's still sending in sick notes. In fact, i think I only sent one sick note when I applied for IB and was sent for a medical about 6 weeks later. If he genuinely isn't sick then he will fail the medical and have to sign on.
Sadly, it doesn't pay to work in a low paid job when one has that many children. They would both have to work or get some qualifications to get a well paid job to make it worthwhile.

I don't think the children will be uneducated or commit crimes (as tazwhoever said). Not being in paid work doesn't make you a bad parent. Schooling is free in the UK, so I don't see what difference it makes to education.

Killmark

divastrop wrote: »

I don't think the children will be uneducated or commit crimes (as tazwhoever said). Not being in paid work doesn't make you a bad parent. Schooling is free in the UK, so I don't see what difference it makes to education.

It is however is a bad example to your children and set a trend for worklessness in the future.